Despite numerous efforts in diagnoses and treatment, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), along with asthma and resultant fatalities are on the rise in the world and Viet Nam.

An Australian law requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging has received a boost after an international tribunal said it would not hear a tobacco company's legal challenge.

The risk of cancer is thought to be caused from both genetic and environmental factors.

Environmental factors such as sunshine and tobacco smoke cause more cancers than random DNA mutations, researchers have affirmed — contesting another team's conclusions that "bad luck" was mainly t

One of every three deaths in the U.S. in 2013 were from heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases, while heart disease and stroke were the No. 1 and No.

E-cigarette users could be at risk of developing lung disease after scientists found a toxic chemical inside the majority of flavoured refill liquids that they tested.

NEW DELHI: Here's another reason for you to kick the butt.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday granted the Centre three more weeks to formulate a reply regarding its stand on declaring cigarette and bidi butts “toxic waste”.